LOL the gravel trailer. Step one: park trailer on slight downhill slope Step two: hook up LUV. Fill all of it with gravel Step three: Tell driver to flip the switch to release air brakes on trailer Step four: Once movement occurs, tell driver to pop the clutch to spin the tires to make it look like the truck was pulling 30+ tons Step five: steer truck in whatever direction the load pushing the truck wants to go so you don't die Cut! That's a wrap
Trivia: The 1981 LUV used the same frame, suspension, and powertrain as the previous generation. I once had a 1980 LUV and I needed a rear axle for it. A local junk yard had a 1981 LUV, so I got the axle from that. It bolted right into place with no modifications whatsoever.
And...??? 1yr difference... They use the same Axles for YEARS! Ex, Ford made the 9" rearend for 35yrs on MULTIPLE (20+) models of production cars n trucks.... The Ford 2.3! 1974 Pinto, to 2003 Ranger! 74-03!!! Chevy's 283-350 was used from 1955-2003!
@@martingatavaski1351 I referenced my experience because the ad seemed to claim that the 1981 model LUV was a new vehicle from the ground up. As for the Ford "Lima" 2.3 that you mentioned, I know that for a fact in the 1998 Ford Ranger, the cylinder head was very different from the SOHC head that was found in the Pinto. Ex: Two spark plugs *per* cylinder in that 4 banger. I currently have the OMC Cobra II version sitting in my 1984 Mazda B2000. I might know a thing or two about these engines. BTW, The final production year was 2001, not '03 As for the Chevy small block (the non-LS based unit), It went through two generation in it's first iteration. Displacement over it's lifetime was 262-400, not 283-350. It also started production in 1954 but concluded in 2003 as you stated. You did get that part correct...
My Father, who worked in a steel mill always said that the undersides of a car or truck never change, and they don't. It's only the body styles that change on the outside. So your statement about the rear end change is very much right on target as the underside components are and will always be the same, no matter what.
@@JVHShack I loved the much older Ford Courrier trucks until they no longer were produced for Ford by Mazda, to in which they were replaced by the larger truck, Ford Ranger, then made into a smaller truck. Then in the early 2000 year, both the Ranger and Mazda trucks were exactly alike in looks as Ford did own Mazda, and Ford did buy the Nissan Z engine off of Nissan in 1990 and certain Rangers and Mazda trucks had the Z engine in them which was 4 spark plugs for intake, 4 for exhaust in order to burn and reburn hydrocarbons for a cleaner environment. And, Nissan also was in the Ford family of cars and trucks to. The Mercury Villiger is a Nissan Quest.
My father brought it from Kuwait 🇰🇼 and shipped it to Egypt 🇪🇬. In 1975 . This car was the jackpot to my family, my father worked on it as a driver and we have raised and lived very good from it . He retired it in 1998 after he faced a big competition with the new models. He sadly sold it in 1999 and died 3 years later.
Brings back memories flying through the 4x4 mud pits, while the larger trucks got stuck. End the day driving by goodwill donation drop off to grab the free leather recliner we saw. Places in the back and took turns driving around our small town. That truck was a beast
Trouble is, it rusted out within a years time. They may have ran great, they may have showed up the big boys out there, however after a years period of time, their bodies were all swiss cheese, as rust got to them, especially more so in the northern part of the country whare ice and snow falls, and road salts are road chemicals are used to melt the I've and snow on the roads. I love these little trucks very, very much, like to see them manufactured once again since we all are paying 5 dollars and more for gasoline, the 4 cylinder engines are all ya need, however the bodies, are a completely different issue, as they rust out completely.
@@ShainAndrews you should attend barrett sometime. might learn something.... Current online price range: $1500-20,000 newsflash! old vehicles have value
@@danbasta3677 I didn't realize my comment suggested that all old vehicles were always valuable 100% of the time. Seems like I even listed the current price range of that particular pick up......🤔
@@stevedeleon8775 Quite correct. The Isuzu Homnbre also uses the Chevy vortec V 6 engine in them along with the Chevy rear end in them to in their 4 wheel drive package models.
Very interesting……the 81 LUV could tow more, haul more and get better gas mileage than a 2022 Toyota Tacoma 4-cylinder with about 75 more horsepower. If that doesn’t show that ALL manufacturers and the Government are smoke and mirroring the public. The fact that there hasn’t been THAT MUCH changed in the overall vehicles of today vs. 40+ years ago except PRICE and all the fancies is what everyone is being suckered into!!! I will give todays trucks the leg up on safety…..but not sure about much else!
Had 3 of the first generation lUVs. 1 was 4x4 and it pissed off the local jeep club because the IFS didn’t have a front diff hanging down to get hung up on stuff. The thing stock was virtually unstable until it saw a hill. LOL
And how much weight you can keep in check while going slightly downhill. I've seen enough trailers on their side on the French Autoroute blocking the complete road...
I owned an '87 Isuzu P'up. Basically the same as this 81 version except they increased displacement to a 1.9 ltr. It was a great truck. I traded it for the redesigned '88 model. It was a 1 ton that had the 2.6 F.I. 4 cyl. THAT was an awesome little truck. Wish I still had it today
Now in days they make 4 door station wagon trucks with wagon wheels and thin tires on them which is totally gross and now for women, which is totally wrong. Us men can't have a real truck anymore, we have to go into debt for a hundred thousand dollars and end up buying a 4 door station wagon truck now in days. I would rather have a regular cab truck that can haul stuff I need, not a sissy 4 door station wagon truck.
For those impressed by a tiny truck pulling 64,000 lbs like it was nothing, just know that most pickups can do that. What limits a vehicle from doing that practically is it's braking power. You may be able to get it moving, but you will have a very hard time slowing to a stop. That is why larger vehicles pull larger loads. Larger vehicle, larger brakes.
Living in California, my knowledge hits a brick wall after 1975 due to smog laws. I love 80s trucks and such, but they're not worth the effort vs. a 73-75 squarebody, yknow? Anyway, the whole time I was watching this I was thinking "wow, that's really modern and advanced, clean design too" forgetting it's a 40 year old truck
Almost bought one of these when I was 16~ My Dad talked me out of it, saying that they were bad for the frames rusting, and breaking into two pieces~ Someone else in town bought it, and about a year later, it was in his back yard, split into two parts~ It sat there for at least 10 years or so before the guy moved away or died~
Lol! I still have my 1980 4X4 Luv. Refurbished it 1998 cause it had 430K on it. It has never let me down, not once. I bought it off the showroom floor for $3,700. It's worth 20K now. I'm going to keep it.
I had a 1980 luv it would not run with my dad's Datsun but it still was a okay truck I didn't like the two cam chains. And it had a fuel pump that did not run unless it was charging on a relay circuit and I did not like that so I wired it up with a switch
The 1972 through 1980 were really good looking trucks. Can't say that about the1981. It just didn't have the looks as the years 1972 through 1980, and it looked even more flimsy and delicate, prone to rusting completely out within one years time.
I can recall watching comparison videos between Corvair and Valiant, where the Valiants' torsion bar front end was shown to be inferior to Corvairs' arrangement... Yet in this video, Torsion bars are great... What gives Mr Chevrolet? :)
It's hilarious how they never mention it's a Japanese truck. I wonder how many "all-Americans" showed off their new truck back then not knowing about its origins.
Ford never mentioned that about the ranger either. Also funny how everyone thinks Toyota is know to last but think that the 1980s chevy nova was crap. FYI, it was made by Toyota.
@@settledontheprairie5524 True for sale in the US but Mazda made the same truck for all sales outside the US. So did Ford really make the ranger or did they assemble it here to appeal to the American buyers? Wouldn't be the first shady thing Ford has done.
@@wilsterone6689 considering the older back to ‘98 international market Rangers looked nothing like North American models, it’s not the same vehicle at all. Admittedly, the recently reintroduced Rangers were popular elsewhere before coming to America and were panned for being outdated before going on sale here. These were Ford designs built here and adapted to the North American market.
Hmmmmmm......I wonder why there's nothing like this with the same mpg today? I suppose it was too good on fuel which would have made the oil companies unhappy. Imagine if it was built today? The project would need to be quashed otherwise the elites wouldnt be able to get rich off ev sales.
@@vuckyabx true but these trucks had cheap to maintain and simple drivetrains. No complex and super expensive to maintain parts like the Maverick has (turbo,cvt,etc)
Lighter weight and EPA calculates differently now. This thing probably gets more like 25 on the highway, realistically. Going 70mph(nearly red lined lol) and using the air conditioner.
@@Blatstein Good points. I've forgotten automotive history quickly I guess. A/C was rare on small engines back in the day and speed limits were indeed more like 55mph more often than not.
@@Blatstein mabe more, ive got a 99 Nissan frontier, 2.4 with about 50 more horsepower, it use to get 27 mpg on highway so I could see this getting 35 or close.
Almost every surviving LUV I've seen that runs has a Ford 351 in it because it fits better than a Chevy 350..... Windsor has the distributor in front but Chev 350 in the back 🤷🏻
Build a small simple stripped down single cab today . Sell for $ 18, 000 even on a small profit margin you would make a killing . Witch auto maker will be the first to blink and cause all the rest to play catch up .
I had a diesel Isuzu pup long Ed 2 wheel drive with a 5 speed transmission and I wish I never got rid of it! 45 mpg, and it never broke down!
That MPG is amazing!
@@zzoinks that would have been on real gas.
Dad said he had an Isuzu pup in the80s in Cleveland OH idk if it was diesel but, he talked pretty highly of it
What litter was the Diesel
@@losebjughashvili8465 He said it was a Diesel
The combination of a 1.8 liter engine and a 7 1/2 foot bed is .... intriguing 😁
Don't forget the 2.0 diesel.
Also don't forget the first S10 also had the 1.8L.
That is a little under powered, but one certainly doesn't need 400 + horsepower just to do every day things.
If you’re hauling leaves and slash to the dump twice a year at 45 mph (the way most pickup owners do), it’s more than sufficient.
They even had a Turbo diesel option.
LOL the gravel trailer.
Step one: park trailer on slight downhill slope
Step two: hook up LUV. Fill all of it with gravel
Step three: Tell driver to flip the switch to release air brakes on trailer
Step four: Once movement occurs, tell driver to pop the clutch to spin the tires to make it look like the truck was pulling 30+ tons
Step five: steer truck in whatever direction the load pushing the truck wants to go so you don't die
Cut! That's a wrap
Don't forget 4LO range selection.
6:00 "HELP I cant stop!!!!!!!" Trailer rolls right over truck, lol
I could smell that clutch burning from here... lol
Lol the guy breathlessly describing the beauty of the LUV
Trivia: The 1981 LUV used the same frame, suspension, and powertrain as the previous generation. I once had a 1980 LUV and I needed a rear axle for it. A local junk yard had a 1981 LUV, so I got the axle from that. It bolted right into place with no modifications whatsoever.
And...??? 1yr difference...
They use the same Axles for YEARS!
Ex, Ford made the 9" rearend for 35yrs on MULTIPLE (20+) models of production cars n trucks....
The Ford 2.3! 1974 Pinto, to 2003 Ranger! 74-03!!!
Chevy's 283-350 was used from 1955-2003!
@@martingatavaski1351 I referenced my experience because the ad seemed to claim that the 1981 model LUV was a new vehicle from the ground up.
As for the Ford "Lima" 2.3 that you mentioned, I know that for a fact in the 1998 Ford Ranger, the cylinder head was very different from the SOHC head that was found in the Pinto. Ex: Two spark plugs *per* cylinder in that 4 banger. I currently have the OMC Cobra II version sitting in my 1984 Mazda B2000. I might know a thing or two about these engines. BTW, The final production year was 2001, not '03
As for the Chevy small block (the non-LS based unit), It went through two generation in it's first iteration. Displacement over it's lifetime was 262-400, not 283-350. It also started production in 1954 but concluded in 2003 as you stated. You did get that part correct...
My Father, who worked in a steel mill always said that the undersides of a car or truck never change, and they don't. It's only the body styles that change on the outside. So your statement about the rear end change is very much right on target as the underside components are and will always be the same, no matter what.
@@JVHShack I loved the much older Ford Courrier trucks until they no longer were produced for Ford by Mazda, to in which they were replaced by the larger truck, Ford Ranger, then made into a smaller truck. Then in the early 2000 year, both the Ranger and Mazda trucks were exactly alike in looks as Ford did own Mazda, and Ford did buy the Nissan Z engine off of Nissan in 1990 and certain Rangers and Mazda trucks had the Z engine in them which was 4 spark plugs for intake, 4 for exhaust in order to burn and reburn hydrocarbons for a cleaner environment. And, Nissan also was in the Ford family of cars and trucks to. The Mercury Villiger is a Nissan Quest.
My father brought it from Kuwait 🇰🇼 and shipped it to Egypt 🇪🇬. In 1975 .
This car was the jackpot to my family, my father worked on it as a driver and we have raised and lived very good from it .
He retired it in 1998 after he faced a big competition with the new models.
He sadly sold it in 1999 and died 3 years later.
Brings back memories flying through the 4x4 mud pits, while the larger trucks got stuck. End the day driving by goodwill donation drop off to grab the free leather recliner we saw. Places in the back and took turns driving around our small town. That truck was a beast
Trouble is, it rusted out within a years time. They may have ran great, they may have showed up the big boys out there, however after a years period of time, their bodies were all swiss cheese, as rust got to them, especially more so in the northern part of the country whare ice and snow falls, and road salts are road chemicals are used to melt the I've and snow on the roads. I love these little trucks very, very much, like to see them manufactured once again since we all are paying 5 dollars and more for gasoline, the 4 cylinder engines are all ya need, however the bodies, are a completely different issue, as they rust out completely.
Much better than before, framerate is constant and looks much nicer too!
1:51 That lawn tractor is worth far more than the pickup today.
Yeah, sure..... smoke another 1..
Barret-Jackson just sold that short bed, All ORIGINAL w/28k miles for $16k!! FLAWLESS/SHOWROOM MINTY!!
@@martingatavaski1351 Right...
@@ShainAndrews you should attend barrett sometime. might learn something....
Current online price range: $1500-20,000
newsflash! old vehicles have value
@@comment_deleted Sometimes, not always.
@@danbasta3677 I didn't realize my comment suggested that all old vehicles were always valuable 100% of the time. Seems like I even listed the current price range of that particular pick up......🤔
What a cool little truck, no idea Chevy made these in the 80s
They were actually rebadged Isuzu pickups.
Junk.
81 was the last year for them then was replaced by the s10 for 82
ISUZU LUV...BADGED WITH A BOWTIE..
ISUZU HOMBRE & CHEVY S10...SAME TRUCK👍
@@stevedeleon8775 Quite correct. The Isuzu Homnbre also uses the Chevy vortec V 6 engine in them along with the Chevy rear end in them to in their 4 wheel drive package models.
Very interesting……the 81 LUV could tow more, haul more and get better gas mileage than a 2022 Toyota Tacoma 4-cylinder with about 75 more horsepower.
If that doesn’t show that ALL manufacturers and the Government are smoke and mirroring the public. The fact that there hasn’t been THAT MUCH changed in the overall vehicles of today vs. 40+ years ago except PRICE and all the fancies is what everyone is being suckered into!!!
I will give todays trucks the leg up on safety…..but not sure about much else!
Or is it that today's trucks are simply rated more conservatively?
Todays trucks are all pavement queens! lol, back up cameras, auto steer for backing trailers, auto tailgates, etc, etc,etc.
A 81 toyota pickup would ragdoll this luv
@@RomeKG471 Designed for women, and that's a real big mistake to.
Had 3 of the first generation lUVs. 1 was 4x4 and it pissed off the local jeep club because the IFS didn’t have a front diff hanging down to get hung up on stuff. The thing stock was virtually unstable until it saw a hill. LOL
Haha. How was it unstable?
@@zzoinks No, it just didn't have enough power to pull a steep hill even in low range.
@@wilsterone6689 Ah!
LUV the Older Brother of my S10...
One year later, the S10 was born. 🤣
Actually, it was always around as a much larger truck. It just turned into a small truck, mini truck you can say.
trailer towing isn't about how much weight you can pull. its about how much weight you can stop.
Very true
Absolutely
And how much weight you can keep in check while going slightly downhill. I've seen enough trailers on their side on the French Autoroute blocking the complete road...
I owned an '87 Isuzu P'up. Basically the same as this 81 version except they increased displacement to a 1.9 ltr. It was a great truck. I traded it for the redesigned '88 model. It was a 1 ton that had the 2.6 F.I. 4 cyl. THAT was an awesome little truck. Wish I still had it today
The good old times when adverts were actually showing trucks performance and features.
Im impressed with the payload of that 7.5bed
0:15 Man I love those school bus style rear end lights. They need to bring that back.
Why cant they have a comeback of these TYPE of commercials?
Hell, makes me want to go out and buy one now!!
because they make trucks to goto the office anymore
Now in days they make 4 door station wagon trucks with wagon wheels and thin tires on them which is totally gross and now for women, which is totally wrong. Us men can't have a real truck anymore, we have to go into debt for a hundred thousand dollars and end up buying a 4 door station wagon truck now in days. I would rather have a regular cab truck that can haul stuff I need, not a sissy 4 door station wagon truck.
Because it made in JAPAN.
My first vehicle was a 74 luv..was my favorite vehicle baxk then
5:53 ok now to test the brakes
I saw that as well. I said out loud "Put your foot hard on the brake, Let's see that son of a bitch stop"
Looking for Luv. I can’t remember the last time I saw one. But then I’m in Minnesota which uses road salt in the winter.
i’m a 18yo minnesotan and i hadn’t even heard of them. curse the road salt 🤜🤜
you could say you're looking for luv in all the wrong places
Which means, one of these would last only one year, and its swiss cheese and GONE! They couldn't hold up, not under those circumstances.
I saw one of these the other week and could never find it. Thank you
For those impressed by a tiny truck pulling 64,000 lbs like it was nothing, just know that most pickups can do that. What limits a vehicle from doing that practically is it's braking power. You may be able to get it moving, but you will have a very hard time slowing to a stop. That is why larger vehicles pull larger loads. Larger vehicle, larger brakes.
Was offered as a stop gap model before the S-series were ready
I have a 96 Nissan hardbody. Looks surprisingly similar. Both from Japan. But both are tuff as nails trucks.
Bodies don't last though. That's the big problem and issue.
Dual sun visors are standard! Lol
Living in California, my knowledge hits a brick wall after 1975 due to smog laws. I love 80s trucks and such, but they're not worth the effort vs. a 73-75 squarebody, yknow? Anyway, the whole time I was watching this I was thinking "wow, that's really modern and advanced, clean design too" forgetting it's a 40 year old truck
@Jimz Do you look for comments that mention California so you can always comment that?
The 1981 model is actually the second-generation LUV trucks.
Yes, however it only lasted one year, and that's it, Fort Pitt. Then it was GONE!
cute trucks and bangin tunes... the 80s were neat
Down Under, they were called the Holden Rodeo.
Cute little go kart
My sister had one and they weren't kidding about them being tough
Almost bought one of these when I was 16~ My Dad talked me out of it, saying that they were bad for the frames rusting, and breaking into two pieces~ Someone else in town bought it, and about a year later, it was in his back yard, split into two parts~ It sat there for at least 10 years or so before the guy moved away or died~
Looks an awful lot like the 88 full size trucks.i bet that's where the design came from.
I'm sold, I'll take two
Lol! I still have my 1980 4X4 Luv. Refurbished it 1998 cause it had 430K on it. It has never let me down, not once. I bought it off the showroom floor for $3,700. It's worth 20K now. I'm going to keep it.
i had one of those..just like that one with the long bed..it was a diesel...
I had a 1980 luv it would not run with my dad's Datsun but it still was a okay truck I didn't like the two cam chains. And it had a fuel pump that did not run unless it was charging on a relay circuit and I did not like that so I wired it up with a switch
And the next year they came out we with the s10
The fun I’ve had in a Chevy luv pick up 🤘🦅🦅🦅merica
The 1972 through 1980 were really good looking trucks. Can't say that about the1981. It just didn't have the looks as the years 1972 through 1980, and it looked even more flimsy and delicate, prone to rusting completely out within one years time.
hells yeah
Anticorosion body that last for ať least 6 months. Volvo and Saab just sipping the tea.
1:55 - the guy's knees are above the top of the cab. That's crazy looking...
Ha. The bed sides were the same dimension as a square hay bail. Now days humans can't access a pick up truck bed except from the tail gate.
Yahoos today buy pickups for a "statement". Just a place to put their American flags all over it. They don't haul jack squat.
Chevy Should have kept the LUVs
And they would Rust out faster than it could Run! 😂
Very true and quite correct.
I m getting Troy Mclure vibes from the announcer
"you may remember me from other car videos like the rusty truth about chevy vegas"
I can recall watching comparison videos between Corvair and Valiant, where the Valiants' torsion bar front end was shown to be inferior to Corvairs' arrangement... Yet in this video, Torsion bars are great... What gives Mr Chevrolet? :)
It's hilarious how they never mention it's a Japanese truck. I wonder how many "all-Americans" showed off their new truck back then not knowing about its origins.
Ford never mentioned that about the ranger either.
Also funny how everyone thinks Toyota is know to last but think that the 1980s chevy nova was crap. FYI, it was made by Toyota.
@@wilsterone6689 you meant the Ford Courier. The Ranger was the American 🇺🇸built small Ford.
The Courier was a rebadged Mazda built in Japan 🇯🇵
@@settledontheprairie5524 True for sale in the US but Mazda made the same truck for all sales outside the US. So did Ford really make the ranger or did they assemble it here to appeal to the American buyers?
Wouldn't be the first shady thing Ford has done.
@@wilsterone6689 considering the older back to ‘98 international market Rangers looked nothing like North American models, it’s not the same vehicle at all. Admittedly, the recently reintroduced Rangers were popular elsewhere before coming to America and were panned for being outdated before going on sale here. These were Ford designs built here and adapted to the North American market.
@@settledontheprairie5524 They looked exactly like a Mazda.
The best
Hmmmmmm......I wonder why there's nothing like this with the same mpg today? I suppose it was too good on fuel which would have made the oil companies unhappy. Imagine if it was built today? The project would need to be quashed otherwise the elites wouldnt be able to get rich off ev sales.
or… consider that modern trucks weigh probably twice as much or more
@@vuckyabx true but these trucks had cheap to maintain and simple drivetrains. No complex and super expensive to maintain parts like the Maverick has (turbo,cvt,etc)
Lighter weight and EPA calculates differently now. This thing probably gets more like 25 on the highway, realistically. Going 70mph(nearly red lined lol) and using the air conditioner.
@@Blatstein Good points. I've forgotten automotive history quickly I guess. A/C was rare on small engines back in the day and speed limits were indeed more like 55mph more often than not.
@@Blatstein mabe more, ive got a 99 Nissan frontier, 2.4 with about 50 more horsepower, it use to get 27 mpg on highway so I could see this getting 35 or close.
Almost every surviving LUV I've seen that runs has a Ford 351 in it because it fits better than a Chevy 350..... Windsor has the distributor in front but Chev 350 in the back 🤷🏻
Got a 79 LUV 4x4 still running the original 1.8 4 cylinder engine
Luvs, P'ups, pink alligator-shirts, high-top sneakers, bikini-underwear, posters of bad-ass cross-dressing rockers... Gen Z has nothing on us.
Aerodynamic they said while being a literal brick
Build a small simple stripped down single cab today . Sell for $ 18, 000 even on a small profit margin you would make a killing . Witch auto maker will be the first to blink and cause all the rest to play catch up .
Nice
My first new truck. I should have saved my money, and bought the Toyota 4x4 instead. 1.8 GUTLESS.
Sold!
⏩️ @5:28 for towing scene...be sure not to abuse your truck in this manner
Okay, here’s my view.
It took a whole 3 days to film this and they went through 3 who,e truck because the trucks kept rusting out each night.
OBD body before it became a thing in 1988
Are you telling me this thing could drive over 600 miles without filling up
what the hell man
Change the oil filter every other oil change. Interesting
I had an old Suzuki that said the same thing in the owners manual.
SO bland looking! At least the 1st. generation had some character. Thanks for the vid!
I'm not gonna lie they somewhat look like toyotas from that time
cos' they are japanese trucks (Isuzu and Toyota)
What kinda gas mileage that thing get?
I had an 81 4x4 gas version that would get around 40 mpg.
no mower deck on john deer or it wouldn't fit in the bed
they unfortunately rusty out
Chevy LUV is Built By Toyota in Japan 🇯🇵
U sure?
Owned a Chevy LUV many years ago. Hopelessly underpowered pile of junk.
Same here, couldn't wait to get rid of it
Under power does not mean junk
Made by isuzu
Yea definitely didn't pull that
Prefer the Dodge D50 over the Luv
Totally not an isuzu truck. So different. Yuck.
The engine in the early ones were Isuzu
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